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Ann Bartow

@annbartow.bsky.social

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Big fan of free speech and academic freedom. Strongly recommend avoiding UNH Franklin Pierce Law until change to less toxic leadership and more positive student treatment. She/her or gender neutral pronouns.

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 2h

Greta Thunberg.

Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 2h

Cripes.

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

The first op-ed I ever wrote was for the WaPo. It was where the public facing part of my career got its start.

And it was about the need to punish those convicted of violence less.

I’m gonna guess it would not make the cut now.

It’s really sad to see it reduced to pushing for a Trump peace prize.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2h

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Matthew Tokson @mtokson.bsky.social · 12h

CBP says it can arrest US citizens on reasonable suspicion of illegal entry into the US rather than probable cause. This is unlawful; probable cause is constitutionally required for arrest.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12h

AI companies are spending billions on deals with each other, which boost their value.

This has helped twenty billionaires tied to AI add $450B to their fortunes in 2025.

Meanwhile, an MIT study found that 95% of companies using AI haven't seen returns on investment.

Be warned.

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13h

“I’ll kill you in front of your students.”

This is just one of the death threats that has driven @mark-bray.bsky.social to try and flee the US.

But at the airport last night, after checking in and clearing security, his booking mysteriously disappeared

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He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US

Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago federal court chief judge says she has not requested National Guard for courthouse

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16h

Nothing say academic freedom like firing someone over an article about Polio in Gaza.

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Tulane changes syllabus, fires academic manager over Gaza article • Louisiana Illuminator

Some say that the incident is yet another glimpse of the tense climate experienced on local and national campuses by people who support Palestine.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 1d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 1d

Because most of the white collar crime is committed by wealthy White dudes and they are the Trump base?

Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 1d

🚨A quarter of all FBI agents have been assigned to immigration enforcement www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 1d

Herbert I. Lazerow, University of San Diego School of Law, is publishing Authentication of Art in volume 74 of the Cleveland State L. Review /
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Authentication of Art

The authentication of items permeates our law and our markets. While it is important for many products such as wine, handbags and trademarked goods, authenticat

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Elizabeth Joh @elizabethjoh.bsky.social · 1d

🚨A quarter of all FBI agents have been assigned to immigration enforcement www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

yday, when an attorney said 'conversion therapy' falls below professional standards, Justice Alito was like 'but can we trust those standards? the medical consensus used to be pro-eugenics'

like....bruh that injustice is not a license for more injustice, actually
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The Conservative Justices Don't Trust Any Science That Supports LGBTQ Kids

States that want to facilitate discrimination against LGBTQ people have the Court's blessing. States that want to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination do not.

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 1d

@nhpr.org
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UNH Law students are not passing the bar exam in high numbers.

Bar Exam Results | Passing Bar Exam Score by State | NCBE

Find bar exam results and scores by state or territory, published every spring by NCBE.

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 1d

@newhampshirenews.bsky.social

Results for the New Hampshire July 2025 Bar Exam are out.

NH Bar Exam results for July 2025: https://www.ncbex.org/statistics-research/bar-exam-results-jurisdiction

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 1d

My "ballooning private markets not a systemic risk" t-shirt has a lot of people asking questions that are already answered by my shirt.

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SEC’s Atkins Says Ballooning Private Markets Not a Systemic Risk

The head of the US Securities and Exchange Commission said he does not view private credit as a systemic risk, the latest signal of the regulator’s openness to more activity in the fast-growing market...

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Ann Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 1d

"A federal prosecutor told a Mass[] judge ... that the government has returned a phone it seized from an immigration lawyer but does not intend to delete data it pulled from the device, prompting the court to raise concerns that the information could be used to identify and arrest immigrants."

Judge Concerned As Feds Keep Immigration Atty's Phone Data - Law360

A federal prosecutor told a Massachusetts judge on Tuesday that the government has returned a phone it seized from an immigration lawyer but does not intend to delete data it pulled from the device, p...

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Melissa Murray @profmmurray.bsky.social · 1d

If you read one thing today, make it this piece by @nytimes.com's Kurt Streeter about the extraordinary Bryan Stevenson. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

Civil Rights Lawyer Bryan Stevenson on How America’s Story Should Be Told

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viva moffat @vivamoffat.bsky.social · 1d

Really excellent piece by @sivav.bsky.social. Anyone who cares about higher education (or free expression or democracy) should read this essay.

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...

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Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 2d

Here’s video of the incident

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 2d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Ann Bartow @annbartow.bsky.social · 2d

It's difficult to tell these days.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Murray: "If House Republicans were here, I'd make sure they understood over 3/4 of the families on the exchanges actually live in R states. And I'd make sure they understand the 10 states where families will face biggest average premium increase hikes when the ACA credits expire are all R states."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

RAJU: You swore in 2 GOP members during pro forma session. Why not swear in Grijalva? Does it have to do w/her signature on Epstein petition?

JOHNSON: It has nothing to do with that. We'll swear her in when everybody is back

R: Why not now?

J: Uh - we'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 2d

This is Adelita Grijalva.

She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.

She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Six former surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. wapo.st/3VTALll

RFK Jr "endangering the health of the nation."

"...the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

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